The Swedish Centre for Business and Policy Studies

  • carries out policy-related social and economic research, in which leading social scientists participate in interaction with senior executives and officials in the private and public sectors
  • publishes research reports, other books aimed at stimulating policy debate and textbooks
  • organises conferences, courses, seminars and local meetings with participation of academics, business leaders, heads of public bodies, politicians, representatives of special interest groups and the media, and other opinion makers
  • works with universities and research institutions in Sweden and abroad
  • is private, non-profit and non-partisan
  • has 4 000 individual members and some 23 local branches, eight of which are outside Sweden
  • employs a staff of 30 at its office in Stockholm
  • is financed through membership fees, research grants, income from publishing and conferences and annual subscriptions by companies, public bodies and other organisations
  • was founded in 1948 by members of the Swedish business community with an interest in social and economic issues.